MANEKA GANDHI V. UNION OF INDIA 1978 PETITONER- Maneka Gandhi RESPONDENT- Union of India and other DATE OF JUDGEMENT- January 25, 1978 BENCH- M.H. Beg (CJ), Y.V. Chnadrachud, V.R. Krishna Iyer, P.N. Bhagwati, N.L. Untwalia, S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, and P.S. Kailasan FACTS OF THE CASE The petitioner Mankea Gandhi was a journalist whose passport…
View detailsIn Spain, the Republican defenders of Madrid raise the white flag over the city, bringing to an end the bloody three-year Spanish Civil War. In 1931, Spanish King Alfonso XIII approved elections to decide the government of Spain, and voters overwhelmingly chose to abolish the monarchy in favor of a liberal republic. Alfonso subsequently went…
View detailsIt was the year 2015 when I was preparing for my Company Secretary (herein called ‘CS’) Executive (both groups) for the December term. While preparing for the same, I realized that I was more attracted to the law papers than others. Even when the results were declared in January, 2016, I got good marks in…
View detailsIntellectual properties can be divided into two groups namely; Industrial Property and Copyright. Industrial property can be further divided into four groups that are patent, industrial designs, trademark and geographical locations. Patent is basically a monopoly granted for public disclosure of an invention. Section 2(j) of the Indian Patent Act defines the invention as a…
View detailsLaw reporting started in India with the creation of the Supreme Court in 1774. In the beginning, there was no organized system of law reporting. Early reporting was a private enterprise; only sporadic individual attempts at reporting were made by the practicing lawyers or judges and the underlying purpose was to prevent much contrariety of…
View detailsThe Precautionary Principle is a tool for making better health and environmental decisions. It aims to prevent harm from the outset rather than manage it after the fact. In common language, this means “better safe than sorry.” It is one of the important principles of Sustainable Development. Precautionary Principle denotes a duty to prevent harm,…
View detailsCannabis a medication of impressive level has clash in India, is likewise known to be profoundly coursed inside the nation, notwithstanding the laws in the nation having announced its managing, use, exchanging and utilization as illicit. A spice, or a medication, whatever one may like to allude to it as, has different names too, and…
View detailsSurrogacy in Indian perspectiveIndia first legalized commercial surrogacy in 2002 and over the years has emerged as a global hub for surrogacy for international intended parents due to relaxation of any legal framework, restrictions and regulation for a long time, which ensures a legally simple route for their parenthood. Besides these, lucrative foreign exchange rates…
View detailsFederalism is the non-centricity of powers in a state. It means to give varying degrees of autonomy to constituent units of the nation state. India has a quasi federal government. This was rightly analysed by K C Wheare. Article 1 of Indian Constitution states that Bharat shall be a union of states. This implies that…
View detailsThe case of Joseph Shine v. Union of India was decided in the year 2018, and is a landmark judgement given by the Hon’ble Supreme Court which decriminalized the offence of adultery as defined under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, after nearly a hundred and fifty years. It is important to remember…
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